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Firefighters extinguish brush fire near apartment complex in north Boulder

By Mitchell Byars, Camera Staff Writer

Posted:
02/18/2013 01:13:32 PM MST

Updated:
02/18/2013 01:53:42 PM MST

Boulder fire crews are responding to a fire burning in some bushes next to an apartment building near 30th Street and Glenwood Drive. (Jeremy Papasso)

Boulder fire crews managed to extinguish a fire burning in some bushes and trees next to an apartment building near 30th Street and Glenwood Drive, according to police radio traffic.

Dispatchers said multiple people called in the fire around 1:15 p.m. near an apartment complex at 3265 30th St. First responders indicated bushes near the building were on fire, and that the flames were spreading toward the building.

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